Principal Architect (Data Architect), Applied AI Engineering

Job Description

We are seeking a Data Architect to define and govern the architecture for enterprise-scale data platforms supporting advanced analytics, AI / ML workloads, and Microsoft Fabric-based data warehousing. This role will ensure robust, secure, and scalable data solutions that enable deep research, dynamic reporting, and AI-driven insights across contracting data ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Data Architecture & Modeling
• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models for transactional, analytical, and AI-driven systems.
• Define architecture for Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse / Data Warehouse and integration with existing Azure SQL and Blob storage.
• Establish standards for schema design, partitioning, and indexing for performance and scalability.
• Platform Strategy & Governance
• Develop and enforce data architecture principles, governance policies, and security standards.
• Define lineage, cataloging, and metadata management strategies.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and enterprise data privacy requirements.
• Integration & Interoperability
• Architect data flows between operational systems, Fabric, and downstream analytics tools (Power BI, AI pipelines).
• Design APIs and middleware for seamless integration with ERP / CRM systems and AI services.
• Enable RAG-based AI workflows by structuring data for embeddings and semantic search.
• Performance & Optimization
• Define strategies for query optimization, caching, and distributed processing.
• Recommend storage tiers and cost-optimized architecture for multi-tenant and single-tenant deployments.
• Collaboration & Leadership
• Work closely with Data Engineers, DevOps, and CloudOps teams to implement architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring for data modeling and best practices.
• Partner with product teams to align architecture with roadmap and business goals.

Qualifications

Nice To Have

About Us

Icertis is the global leader in AI-powered contract intelligence. The Icertis platform revolutionizes contract management, equipping customers with powerful insights and automation to grow revenue, control costs, mitigate risk, and ensure compliance - the pillars of business success. Today, more than one third of the Fortune 100 trust Icertis to realize the full intent of millions of commercial agreements in 90+ countries.

About The Team

Who we a re : Icertis is the only contract intelligence platform companies trust to keep them out in front, now and in the future. Our unwavering commitment to contract intelligence is grounded in our FORTE values—Fairness, Openness, Respect, Teamwork and Execution—which guide all our interactions with employees, customers, partners, and stakeholders. Because in our mission to be the contract intelligence platform of the world, we believe how we get there is as important as the destination.

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Skills Required

Ml, semantic modeling , Power Bi, Ai, Sql, Azure Security, ELT, Azure Data Factory, rbac, Advanced Analytics, Data Governance, Etl, data preparation